Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat vs Chinese Mallow

Chaerephon jobimena compared with Malva verticillata

Key Differences

• Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Chinese Mallow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	Chinese Mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Molossidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Malva
Species	Chaerephon jobimena	Malva verticillata

Conservation Status

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chinese Mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	Chinese Mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinese Mallow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (4 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

The Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon jobimena) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinese Mallow

The Chinese Mallow (Malva verticillata) is a species in the genus Malva. Native to Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Brazil.